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Eat, Drink, and Be Wary
Genetically modified animals could make it to your plate with minimal testing -- and no public input |
Shelley Smithson |
30 Jul 2003 |
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| Last January, inspectors with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration paid a visit to the University of Illinois, where researchers have been studying the DNA of pigs. The pig project, based in Champaign-Urbana, is one of dozens of experiments being conducted across the country in which scientists are altering the genetic structure of animals ... |
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| Topics: business, commercial and industry organizations, fishing, Food and Drug Administration, GMOs, health, marine life, United States, wildlife (all these topics) |
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